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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, by the time the report card comes to you it should be no surprise at all. Rather than having a discussion over the whole quarter's worth of grades, work on communicating with your child throughout the school year so you're aware when there are large projects or big tests coming and so your child feels willing to talk with you as he's working on those, and after he gets those specific grades. You want your kid to feel it's natural just to talk about what he's doing and what his grades are, so if there is a problem in one class or in one type of schoolwork, you already know that long before a report card arrives summing up the quarter.

Nope, not talking about micromanaging every single project or homework assignment, but about showing your kid that grades are not some big, fearsome thing looming over the end of the quarter, but an everyday thing that's there to help him know how things are going. I would think one Big Talk About Grades could intimidate some kids, even those who make good grades. 
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Isn't that the whole point of having quarterly grades?  I mean, the only grade recorded is the one at the end of the year.  So quarterly grades are actually a GREAT time to sit down and discuss what's up.

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